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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Apr 2016

    "He is heavily armed": Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to oceanhttp://wpo.st/baRU1 

    7:08 AM - 14 Apr 2016
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    14 replies 262 retweets 403 likes
      1. Ban Words‏ @BanAllTheWords 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ban Words Retweeted Steven Pinker

        By now, Inky is living the good life in Zihuatanejo. @sapinker @washingtonposthttps://twitter.com/sapinker/status/720614591282208768 …

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        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        "He is heavily armed": Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean http://wpo.st/baRU1 
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      1. TillyToogood‏ @tillytoogood 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @karinbrulliard As he left he turned and looked at the other octopuses and said "So long suckers!"

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      1. TillyToogood‏ @tillytoogood 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @karinbrulliard with brains like that, he could lead an arm-y.

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      1. Mike  🐯 👨‍🔬 🤘 🚀‏ @MikeTaylor2011 15 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Y'know, I retweeted this a day ago, I've seen it a few times since, and I've only just got the "heavily armed" pun. #SlowDay

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      1. MedNeuro‏ @TheFeelingBrain 15 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost Beautiful!!

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      1. lisa shapiro ~leese~‏ @thatsme1930 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @pmarca @washingtonpost what was the crime he was accused of tho ?

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      1. Joshua Ian‏ @JoshuaIan610 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @pmarca @karinbrulliard Octodad is real!

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      1. Farbrook‏ @dutchindian 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @pmarca So long, suckers!

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      1. Richard Savage‏ @Richard79360562 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost I guess octopuses are smarter than your average aquarium creature and able to find a way to escape and to go home!

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      1. Hippie Bookkeeper‏ @HippieBookkeep 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker He must have seen Finding Nemo. Was the Aqaurium tank in a Dentist's office?

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      2. Nerf Herder‏ @Erocksreef 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @karinbrulliard I bet there was a hole behind his Rita Hayworth poster.

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      3. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor 14 Apr 2016
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        @Erocksreef @sapinker @karinbrulliard No, it was a Bond film poster, 'Octopussy'!

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      1. Vaibhav Gadodia‏ @whoisvaibhav 14 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker well he (figuratively or literally?) has brains in his "arms" making them heavy.

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